Blogs from Distrito Federal, Mexico, North America - page 66

Mexico City 15:00 ENO PISEM BOGU Bog, sedim na klopci sredi nakupovalnega centra, sokiran in srecen. Pred 10 minutami se mi je zgodilo nekaj neverjetnega. Ze od ponedeljka poteka intenzivno iskanje sponzorja za mojo letalsko karto proti Tokiu. Ponedeljek, torek - nobenega uspeha. Sele vceraj zjutraj se je japonec Hiroito podpisal kot prvi sponzor delnega zneska. Popoldan sem srecal prijaznega lastnika japonske restavracije, ki se je navdusil nad projektom in se odlocil prispevati svojih 200 do 400 dolarjev. Noc sem prezivel v hisi prijateljice Pamele na jugu mesta. Neverjetna punca. Spoznal sem jo pred dobrimi dvemi meseci in ji razlagal o projektu EN SVET. Vceraj mi je pokazala njen nacrt, kako izvesti projekt EN SVET v njeni soseski. Pred 10 minutami sem rahlo razocaran nad dnevom polnim zavrnitev pristopil do moskega srednjih let in ga prosil, ... read more

Mexico City, 31th of July, 2005 On Tuesday I was on Japan Airlines and after two hours of waiting (almost in front of the doors of his office), the director of the company T. Hayashi, finally accepted me. He was really nice and he has one of the coolest offices that I have ever seen! “Boy, I like your mission and your enthusiasm, but unfortunately we cannot give you a free ticket. We will think about a discount,” he finished our conversation. It disappointed me a little, since I explained to him in details, how Japan Airlines could benefit from my presence in the Mexican media. So, on Tuesday the wild hunt on sponsors started. I was all around and it seems almost impossible to get any sponsors from the companies here around. The fight goes ... read more

Ciudad de Mexico 23:00 Hoy estuve en Japan airlines y me dijeron que desafortunadamente no me pueden ayudar pero que sí el presidente me va a aceptar mañana - esperemos. Hoy conocí a un hombre muy chido, se llama Juancho y es reportero en una revista de viajes - VUELO. Le fui a visitar, platicamos mucho y hace una hora le llamé si puedo dormir en su casa. Ahora estoy en su casa con una idea como puedo juntar dinero por este boleto de avion. Voy a pedir a mis amigos mexicanos si me pueden echar la mano y cada uno compartir 100 pesos que juntemos para el boleto de avion. Siento mucho agradecimiento a todas las personas que me ayudan en diferentes maneras para seguir mis sueños. Despues de mañana voy a escribir todos los ... read more

Jul 23 - Back to the Mexican capital Mexico City, DF, Mexico 00:05 After 26 hours of hitchhiking in the daily heat and cold of the night, in the rain, wind and shinning sun, I arrived to Pedregal de San Nicolas, on the south of Mexico City and knocked on the door of the house of Tania, eager to see her. I was surprised to find that nobody is at home. Today I am dissapointed over myself. In Tuxtla I forgot two small batteries for charging and handwatch. My backpack is AGAIN full of honey, which I always forget to put in the plastic bag. All my clothes are torn and dirty and... For god's sake, I don't know how did I manage to forget my digital voice recorder in a car that took me to ... read more

After returning to Tucson, I was ready to leave the US and go all the way down the pacific coast of Mexico. I was glad upon arriving at the bus station, as the greyhound buses were all full and the one for Mexico was almost empty, with much more leg room and comfort. It was really astonishing that the bus service was so much better than the American service, but there was one slight hitch. When arriving the Mexico border, I was required to pay for my visa but unfortunately I did not have enough cash on me to complete the transaction. They told me I had to go back to the US side and get money out of a cash machine which I did as quickly as I could and would not have been ... read more